Contents of October 2007 American Libraries

News Fronts

22  ALA

• FOLUSA to Manage ALA’s Trustee Division 
• ALA Reiterates Net Neutrality Support 
• ALA, Council Committee Nominees Sought

27  USA and International 

• California’s $14-Million Library Budget Cut Came as a Surprise
• NSL Provision Ruled Unconstitutional 
• Cambridge Contacts U.S. Libraries over Alms for Jihad 
• Iraq Library Director Resists Military 
• Vancouver Strikers Keep Serving 
• Global Reach

39  Newsmaker

        IRSHAD MANJI, author of The Trouble with Islam Today

41  Tech News

• Arkansas Director Laments Lack of Rural Broadband 
• Tech Briefs

Special Reports

36  Indigenous Knowledge Matters
      at IFLA Conference in South Africa

       New regional IFLA offices and the AIDS crisis.
       BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

66  Controversies in Cataloging

      The debate over AACR2’s successor.
      BY DANIEL KRAUS

Continuing Education

10  ALA Midwinter Meeting
      Advance Registration

70  Graduate School
      Special Advertising Section

Features

52  Teens and the 
      Future of Reading

      Not everyone believes the sky is falling
      on the state of America’s reading. 
      BY MICHAEL CART

55  Reference on the Fringe

     A librarian finds her calling in a profession
     that lives on the cutting edge.
     BY STACY RUSSO 

58  Charting a Course

      Local libraries can help the growing number
      of charter schools locate needed resources.
      BY AMY L. DEUINK and TOM REINSFELDER

60  The Powers of Attraction

      A college library arouses interest with a booth
      at the campus sexual-health fair. 
      BY BONNIE IMLER and MICHELLE TOMASZEWSKI

62  Libraries in the Wild

      Community libraries thrive among the rain forests
      and wetlands of western Uganda.
      BY MATTHEW LOVING

Departments

4    From the Editor

      “Teen Reading and Indigenous Knowledge”
      BY LEONARD KNIFFEL

6    ALA President’s Message

      “Circle of Learning”
      BY LORIENE ROY

8   Letters and Comments

43  Dispatches from the Field

      “Recasting Library Catalogs”
      BY MARSHALL BREEDING

45  Technology in Practice

      “Learning on a Shoestring”
      BY MEREDITH FARKAS

47  Technically Speaking

      “Printing in the Library”
      BY ANDREW K. PACE

49  Internet Librarian

      “Cluck, Cluck”
      BY JOSEPH JANES

50  Public Perception

51  On My Mind

      “Nix the Name-calling”
      BY SUZANNE DELONG

68  Currents

73  Working Knowledge

      “Leaving Libraries”
      BY MARY PERGANDER

75  Youth Matters

      “Food for Thought”
      BY JENNIFER BUREK PIERCE

76  Librarian’s Library

      “Preparing for the Big Boomer Battle”
      BY MARY ELLEN QUINN

77  Vital Viewing

      BY GARY HANDMAN

78  Calendar

79  Rousing Reads

      “My Name Is Bill, and I’m a Lazy Reader”
      BY BILL OTT

81  Career Leads from ALA Joblist

88  Will’s World

      “Speaking of Dissent”
      BY WILL MANLEY